Gas Cylinder Stall Burns At Pasar Rebo, Gulkarmat Deploys 11 Fleets To Put Out The Fire

Firefighters (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - A gas and mineral water cylinder stall in Kalisari Village, Pasar Rebo District, Sunday morning, July 23. The location of the fire is on Jalan Guru Serih RT 9 RW 10 Number 6A in a building covering an area of 100 square meters (m2).

The East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) deployed 11 fleets with 55 personnel to extinguish the fire.

"Mrs. Ulin (the owner) when she woke up from sleep saw her husband (David) trying to put out the fire between the piles of LPG cylinders," said Head of the Operational Section of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. (Sudin) Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed in Jakarta.

The fire quickly spread to all buildings in the shop. According to him, information about the fire was received by the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. (Jaktim) at around 05.03 WIB. "The fire has been completed at 06.21 WIB," said Gatot.

The cause of the fire is not yet known, but the loss is estimated at Rp. 300 million. There were no casualties in the incident. However, one person who is the owner of the shop, David Tambunan (41) suffered burns to his body.

"One person suffered burns about 25 percent. The victim was immediately rushed to Pasar Rebo Hospital," he said, quoted from ANTARA. The fire had also scorched a house on Jalan Gorda, Lubang Buaya Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta, in the early hours of Sunday. Gatot said, a building covering an area of 162 square meters (m2) was scorched in the red rooster's race.

The fire that occurred at around 00.14 WIB was suspected to be due to an electrical short circuit in the building. "According to eyewitnesses, initially there was a sound of broken glass and the initial lighting from the middle room, allegedly from an electric'short circuit'," said Gatot. There were no casualties in the incident, but the amount of losses was estimated at Rp. 320 million. "We deployed 9 fire engines with 45 personnel to extinguish the fire in the building," he said.